my mk1 1.6 gtd

soo i swaped my polo van

it was a bit of a gamble


basicly the golf was up for sale on edition with the head gasket blown
so a trip to leicester in a transit flat bed with the van on the back took place

 

and heres the golf













its a 1983 mk1 golf with 86000on the clocks and a 1.6 gtd lump with uprated turbo
so far it has full gti spec brakes
gti intirior
front and rear strutbraces
k&n airfilter
2.5" straightrough stainless exhaust
coilovers of some form


i think i did verry well for  a straight swap

plans are.

manul boost controller
fmic
stainless boost tubing and samco hoses
a few small pump mods

standard grill
black side trims
a new front bumper as the dude decided to screw the plate to it :glare:

and posably some 15s I'm not to sure yet as i love the look on 13s

turns out the reason it was over heating was a core plug had blown and there was a major leak in the rad and the rad wasnt even wired in  .
and the white smoke and genaral crap running of the car was due to the fule pump timing being well out

 B)
good times

Wow - was that a straight swap? You got a blinding deal.....though I may just be a bit bias.

yeup straight swap minus the wheels .but as i said aparently the headgasket had blown

so i swaped a rare perfectly running polo van for a non runner

i think i did realy well haha 8)

sweet deal

foxy

Pargas blue mk1 golf diesel .. good choice.  :mrgreen:

Haha just read your biuld thread .looks good dude .hope I have better luck than you tho.

I went to the scrap yard today and picked up some tubing for       
The intake .

Also fitted a boost gauge and a get gauge all ready for some tuning .
Went to fit my boost controller but failed as I couldn't find the hose going from the turbo to the wastegate :s .
I'll upload some pics once the missus is off the laptop

edit:

todays progress

Looks good man

Definitely a great swap on your side! good luck with it